Al-Ma'aarij

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

Transliteration: Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

Transliteration: Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

Transliteration: Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

Transliteration: TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

Transliteration: Faisbir sabran jameelan

So be patient with gracious patience

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Transliteration: Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

Indeed, they see it [as] distant

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

Transliteration: Wanarahu qareeban

But We see it [as] near

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Transliteration: Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Transliteration: Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

And the mountains will be like wool

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

Transliteration: Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Transliteration: Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

Transliteration: Wasahibatihi waakheehi

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

Transliteration: Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

Transliteration: Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Transliteration: Kalla innaha latha

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

Transliteration: NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

A remover of exteriors

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Transliteration: TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

Transliteration: WajamaAAa faawAAa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Transliteration: Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

Indeed, mankind was created anxious

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

Transliteration: Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

When evil touches him, impatient

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

Transliteration: Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Transliteration: Illa almusalleena

Except the observers of prayer

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Transliteration: Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

Transliteration: Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Transliteration: Lilssaili waalmahroomi

For the petitioner and the deprived

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration: Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Transliteration: Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Transliteration: Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

Transliteration: Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Transliteration: Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

Transliteration: Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

Transliteration: Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

Transliteration: Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Transliteration: Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Transliteration: Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

They will be in gardens, honored

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

Transliteration: Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

Transliteration: AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

Transliteration: AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration: Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

Transliteration: Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Transliteration: AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration: Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

Transliteration: Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration: KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised